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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Believe it or not, bitcoin is no longer the most used cryptocurrency, with data from CoinMarketCap.com revealing that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether. Some of the concerning potential patters of trading in the market may start to fall away.”. A number of U.S.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Investors in the venture include TTV Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Valar Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Table Management, Album VC and more. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding. ”

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MAY 1, 2019

Reports came from Bloomberg this week that bitcoin, the marquee name of cryptocurrencies, was trading at a several hundred dollar premium on one exchange: Bitfinex. To recap, the AG accused Tether (of the Tether stablecoin) and the Bitfinex operator of possibly defrauding crypto investors.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Bitcoin finished up its worst year yet, as the price of the popular cryptocurrency plummeted by over 80 percent over 2018, Coindesk reported. In addition, the digital currency’s total capitalization dropped by almost $700 billion. The price of bitcoin was $3,867.21 as of 8:12 p.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 2), according to Coindesk.

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APRIL 7, 2017

A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. In a major move toward bitcoin legitimacy, Japan recognized bitcoin as a legal payment method on April 1. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,176.70, up $42.82 And no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke.).

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

McAfee allegedly marketed different ICOs on Twitter, purportedly posing as independent and neutral even though he received payment of over $23 million in digital assets for the marketing. And, in regard to digital currency, consumers might only be able to recoup money in the event of unauthorized transactions.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Bitcoin payments app Fold has announced that its users can now get 3 percent back in bitcoin when they book a stay and experience on Airbnb. Fold allows its users to buy gift cards for bitcoin with 3 percent cashback, currently offering $25 or $100 gift cards on its website. And the U.S.

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Bitcoin was hit with an $18 billion market loss in just three days. Other cryptocurrencies had an even worse week: Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, dropped 12 percent, while the third largest, XRP, is down 18 percent in seven days. and Canadian securities regulators.

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APRIL 26, 2019

That revelation sent shares of bitcoin down close to 6 percent. The court filing also shows messages that an executive at Bitfinex sent last August to get capital from a payment processor in Panama that Bitfinex had transferred funds to. Fortune noted that it’s not clear the impact this will have on the cryptocurrency market.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Bitcoin’s value dropped farther today (Jan. It turns out bitcoin investors were right to be suspicious last week. Current regulations limit foreign exchange to $50,000 each year, but some believe that people are using bitcoin and other digital currencies to circumvent this maximum.

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There is good reason for this shift in view; according to Marc Bernegger, co-founder of crypto fund AltAlpha Digital, “after last year’s explosion of crypto hedge funds around the globe, there are now over 400 active funds, excluding those focused on venture capital.”

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Data from venture firm Tribe Capital revealed that the number of monthly U.S. customers buying and selling on the exchange platform in September fell about 80 percent from December, when the price of bitcoin reached its high of nearly $20,000. .” In other news, cryptocurrencies falling prices are hitting Coinbase hard.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

The others, however, are working with more cutting-edge tech, including bitcoin and artificial intelligence (AI), and just so happened to see the largest funding rounds of the week. Axiom Capital, AME Cloud Ventures and other investors also participated in the funding, which brings Happay’s total valuation to as high as $55 million.

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MAY 27, 2016

Gox bitcoin drama got a little more dramatic this week. Gox is the now-defunct bitcoin exchange that shuttered in February 2014 after a mysterious “glitch” caused $500 million worth of bitcoin to go missing. Those bitcoin – or at least most of them — have remained missing ever since. Gox bitcoin.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In a press release , BitPay said Haag will spearhead the company’s B2B and mass payments operations. “ Bitcoin is groundbreaking for global B2B and mass payments, because it’s cheaper, quicker and more transparent than bank wires or PayPal,” he continued. In August, U.S. ”

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AUGUST 23, 2020

21) to operate a virtual asset trading platform, according to a press release. OSL, a member of BC Technology Group, will be allowed to operate a brokerage and trading platform for digital assets, such as security tokens, the release stated. DIA is marked as an open-source data aggregator for DeFi markets.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

The blockchain — the underlying technology that powers the digital currency bitcoin — may be nearing its mainstream moment in the sun as four of the world’s largest banks are using it to develop a new form of digital currency. That frees up capital trapped during the process.”.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 on March 13.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced late last week that it has appointed Asiff Hirji as its president and chief operating officer. He has also held senior leadership and governance roles at TPG Capital, Saxo Bank, Hewlett Packard and Bain Capital. As the biggest bitcoin exchange in the U.S.,

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AUGUST 29, 2019

The company, which is based in both Switzerland and Singapore, has been talking with regulators and petitioned for a capital markets services license, which will allow the firm to offer asset management as a first step into financial services, co-founders Mathias Imbach and Gerald Goh said, according to Deal Street Asia. “In

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Promethium Ember Capital, (“PEC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Promethium, has become the first digital asset custody provider to come under federal regulation. PEC was approved as a special purpose broker-dealer (“SPBD”) for digital asset securities.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

6), and that the defendants are accused of manipulating the price of Bitcoin. The owners of Teher run the Bitfinex exchange, and the lawsuit is alleging that because of this they were able to execute unbacked bitcoin by orders for free with unbacked Tether. . That means that buy orders can inflate prices on the illiquid market. .

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APRIL 26, 2019

Cryptocurrencies have had a rough week of it, evidenced by a double-digit percentage drop in bitcoin, arguably the marquee name in the space. At a recent price of $5,092 as reported Friday (April 26), bitcoin is down from levels earlier in the week that topped $5,580.

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MARCH 31, 2021

have to do with Bitcoin laser eyes and NFTs? The Distribution of Social Capital A lot of the language in fintech and Ethereum has been about democratization, and helping people have better financial services. And yet, it is also accurate and explains the status seeking games represented by start-up investing or NFT markets.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Coca-Cola’s supply chain operations are run by an IT firm called Coke One North America (CONA), and the company recently had such a successful run with blockchain software provider SAP that it’s going to expand the program from two to 70 manufacturers, according to reports. . The funding round was led by Polychain Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Dunkin’ Donuts Now Buyable With Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s days as being sort of a fringe financial product may be coming to a close, since so much of 2016 has been dedicated to pushing toward a more mainstream future. Dunkin’ Donuts operates more than 8,000 locations across the United States. The experts have their doubts.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Powering the push in spending, according to the Commerce Department reports, are historically low unemployment figures , wages finally starting to show real gains and additional liquid capital among workers due to the tax cuts of late 2017. Bitcoin: Pricing cracks below $6,600, amid news of U.S. indebtedness in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

While other countries are warning against cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs), Japan has been embracing digital currency and has become a leader in the FinTech market. Earlier this year, Japan recognized Bitcoin as a legal tender and signed off on several companies that created cryptocurrency trading exchanges.

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JUNE 14, 2017

According to the report, it’s the second biggest venture capital fundraising by a player in the blockchain industry. Bancor isn’t the only blockchain company to have a successful capital raise in recent weeks. The Bancor token was able to raise around $147 million earlier this week via an initial coin offering, reported Reuters.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

According to Ido Sadeh Man, founder and president of Saga, the idea is to create a “stabilization coin” that operates on a “variable fractional reserve system.” to make sure its operations run smoothly. That means its price can rise and fall, depending on the amount held on deposit. billion USD).

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JANUARY 28, 2021

With more emerging use cases and an increasingly accepting regulatory landscape, cryptocurrencies are gaining traction in new areas of the market, and corporate treasurers want in. Early adopters were placing bitcoin on their balance sheets, for example, or accepting payment in cryptocurrency. But it may not be smooth sailing ahead.

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JUNE 18, 2019

For bitcoin — and for cryptocurrency brethren — a stretch of calm before the storm? The marquee name would be bitcoin , of course, which as of this writing was changing hands at a bit more than $9,100. Similarly, some other cryptos of note, among them ethereum (the second largest cryptocurrency as measured by market cap, at $28.5

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 SIG, GGV Capital, Yunqi Partners, Huochebang, SKy9 Capital and Chuangban Investment also participated in the funding round, reports said. TravelBank.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. Some of the biggest players in the alt-lending space, including Kabbage, OnDeck and Square Capital, partner with Celtic Bank for issuing loans.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

“When any venue tolerates manipulative or abusive conduct, the integrity of the entire market is at risk,” the report said. This sort of activity is rampant in the market right now,” Andy Bromberg, co-founder and president of CoinList, a startup platform for issuing new digital tokens, told The Wall Street Journal.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Let’s mark things to market so that we are able to walk forward again. Markets still reflect financial constructions and schemes decoupled from the experience of the average person. has reinforced the value of Bitcoin. How should we contextualize Ethereum-based CBDCs relative to Bitcoin, Visa, and PayPal? billion users?

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